Reminiscing

I haven't written in this thing in one week! I am officially a terrible person. Can you all forgive me. With the end of the school year drawing to a close school becomes hectic and life just has been hectic enough without school so...I am writing now and I guess that is all that matters. The last few days have been fairly uneventful. Class, walking to town if I need to go. Sabbath night Josh, myself, Liz and Steve randomly decided to walk to Timmy's. Boy was that cold!! We sat there until it closed...yes thats right, out here, in Lacombe, Timmy's closes at 11 pm even on a Saturday night! Sunday I slept in until 1:30, it was beautiful! Then I wandered around aimlessly looking for anyone to bug. Monday, class. Tuesday marked the anniversary of watching the third Bourne movie, the Bourne Ultimatum. Its a pretty good series. We ordered pizza and watched it as supper was leftovers. Today...I woke up to the sound of my cell phone ringing, it was dad. Talked to him for around 10 minutes, he sounded much better then he did the other day. Afterwards I finished up my last Old Testament paper, I can't believe its the end of the semester already! Its crazy! In my mind I am still on the plane out here and its only September 3, perhaps I fell asleep on the plane and this is all a crazy dream. But as I pinch myself I realize its not a dream, although it does feel like one. This semester has been really busy and really fast! They always say that second semester goes even faster then the first so I am curious to see how much faster life can fly by. Its beginning to feel more and more like a roller coaster everyday, fun, scary, exciting, unsure, but hey by the end of the ride you know you'll have enjoyed it, you hope anyways. Anyways...after I finished up my last OT paper I headed to Francais class. Get this...I have the French final on Wednesday! Can you believe that! This semester is almost over. Before I know it I will be on the plane, once more, flying home for Christmas break and I still feel like I am on the plane out here. It has been, overall, a fun semester. With trips to the mountains on Weekends, horseback riding, interesting classes, meeting new people, hanging out with new people, having random a random guest in the dorm in October, crashing my truck, dropping my computer, and just having fun. So yes, this semester has been a blast and I actually am looking forward to next semester and then next year I am done if all goes according to plan. Anyways, I am slowly discovering that I am getting old, my joints are creaky and snapping, my eyes have wrinkles around them (ok not really). Anyways mom, dad, whatever Michael tells you is a lie, all lies! Punish him mother, punish him. Faith and Cary, can't wait to see you guys soon!! Pretty soon, and believe me it will be like tomorrow, or at least feel like that, we will be standing up as they sing the "Hallelujah Chorus", then watching mom ball her eyes out as they sing "I know that my Redeemer Liveth" Anyways folks!! Keep your chin up and put a smile on.

My Public...I'm Back!!!!

Thats right folks I'm back!! Sorry for my absence but allow me to explain, after I try to think about where to start. Last Thursday I went to an Edmonton Oilers game. Loads of fun!! Josh and I left the school around 3 pm so we could hit a restaurant first as we were starving so after finding the Mongolie Grill (a very cool restaurant where you go through line, pick out your vegetables and then they grill them for you on this huge grill thingy) and yes after we made our way to the hockey game. There is something exciting about sitting in the crowds watching as the players skate onto the ice then the hush as the national anthem is played, its seriously the only time you will hear a Canadian become patriotic and scream after the anthem is played. Then Minnesota takes the lead in the first period but Edmonton ties is up, the crowd roars!! You could scream at the top of your lungs and not be heard, its seriously a loud stadium. By the third period Minnesota was ahead 4-2 and ya thats the way the score stayed for the rest of the game. It was still alot of fun and since I was with an American at the game, who just so happened to be voting for Minnesota and it was also his first time at a hockey game, it all worked out ok...I suppose...but next time!! Edmonton will win! After the game we hit Timmy's and as we were leaving the parking lot a cop began following us, yes we got pulled over because she said the vehicle was not registered!! After about 15 minutes or so it was all figured out and we were free to go. Dad thinks it has more to do with her checking for alcohol which is probably true. Friday was just another Friday, school, work, shopping and vespers then bed as we had to get ready for a big day. Little did I realize it was gonna be a bigger day then I had wanted or bargained for. Sabbath morning arrives. I notice my left truck tire is slightly low, which isn't new because the valve was leaking anyways. So I take it to the husky and put FREE air into it, no I did not spend 25 cents on Sabbath for air, its free out here. Then Liz, myself, Josh, Steve, Danielle and Carl jump into two vehicles around 9am and start the drive to Banff for an amazing day of hiking. Yes its cold outside but thats where layers come into play. Around 12:30 we reach Banff and head to Lake Mannawanka where we hike for the next few hours. It was fun, snow ball fights, eating junk food (its all we brought, no one thought to buy anything healthy Friday). Liz and I were wearing just hoodies while the guys were wearing layer on layer and yes so Liz and I decided to show them up. So off come the shoes and socks, pant legs go up to the knees and into the mountain lake we go. We walked around for a while then after our feet dried off we reshoed and headed up to another lake where we spent the day hiking and just chilling. By 4:30 we decided to drive up to Banff for the evening where, after Sabbath, we ate at I think it was called Athna but don't quote me on that, it was just really good pizza. We then walked around Banff, the snow was falling, the air crisp and cool and we were all eating giant jaw breakers that Liz decided we needed. After this came the choice, should we follow the other car home through Calgary or go through Airdrie, which is in the country. I opted for following the other car in case something happened we would have help. Josh and I in my truck and Liz, Steve, Carl and Danielle in the other car, me following them. We reach Calgary, all is well until we reach the intersection of 16 Ave and 19th Ave. We approached the intersection going around 40-50 kph, the light turned yellow, they were through, I figured to stop now would put me in the middle of the intersection and why bother burning brakes...I went. Scanning the intersection carefully I continue, then suddenly Josh utters one word, I look left and its too late. I see the car turning left and coming straight at my side. The sound of brakes resonates through my head, the sight of their car coming closer and the realization that I am helpless. Then it happens, that sound, that crunchy sound of metal on some cheap junk that they make cars out of now a days. I am slammed forward, I feel pain in my shoulders and back as the seal belt digs into my shoulder and my body slams into the steering wheel. We stop. The other car drives off quickly but due to extreme damage they stop a bit up the road as there car dies. I restart my engine (good ol' Toyotas) and move it to the side of the road and out of the way. The realization of what has just happened slowly fills me. I sit, staring at my crumpled hood, my hands are shaking, my head swimming. Josh was ok, the other people were ok, my truck suffered more body damage then anything, other then a flat tire and all in all it worked out ok. We stayed at the scene until the tow truck got rid of my truck as it was not safe to drive it back to Lacombe. We waited until 12:30ish (the accident happened around 9:30) until Michael, Adri and Brian came to get us. Thankfully Carl, Danielle, Liz, Josh and Steve were still there as it helped a lot to have them around. Thus Saturday ended with a crashing finish. All in all it was loads of fun but I don't want to do the ending again. I'm gonna try and upload some pictures in my next post of the day, banquet and the accident. Ah yes, speaking of which...Sunday. The girls side of the dorm was a mad house as girls ran around like mice trying to get ready for banquet. The guys, well, they are never stressed. It was a really good time though and yes I will post some pics sometime! Anyways, Auntie Faith, I have written, sorry for the lapse of time. The last few days have been crazy calling insurance companies and trying to get this mess sorted out. Thankfully they are at fault. Anyways mom, I hope this is more then 5 words. Have an awesome night!!

My Public Awaits

*applause as Charlee sits down at the computer then hushed silence as she begins to type* Today I *Boooooo from the audience, she tries again* Today was a fun *booooooooo yet again, frustrated she furrows her brow and restrategizes and tries once more* My day went something like... *the audience waits this time, a hush falls over the crowd as they anticipate the next word *My day went something like this...*Charlee waits for the audiences reaction, will there be any or will they care? Since there is no response whatsoever she continues* I arose somewhat early, like at 7:40 so I could study for a French quiz, yes another quiz and get this I have a French test on Monday!!! She is trying to make me fail, ok maybe not but sometimes it feels like that *a lady in the front row wipes her eyes as tears of pity form and roll down her cheek splashing onto her marroon dress* I ran to French class and took the quiz, I actually did not do as badly as I thought, I got 20 out of 20, perhaps, just maybe, I will pass *audience hold breath and wonders will she pass or will she fail? They realize they are turning blue so they take a deep breath* One of the guys in my class looks at the teacher and says "How much does an elephant weight" She looks at him and says "I don't know" and he says "Enough to break the ice between me and you" to which the entire class erupted into laughter!! *audience looks puzzled then erupts into laughter, one blonde in the front row sits and looks at everyone else, she leans over to her significant other and whispers something into his ear, he whispers back. She stops. Then bursts out laughing while the rest of the audience looks at her as though she has lost her mind* Anyways yes, French class was very interesting today, the guy that said the joke today reminded me of Shawn in French class back in high school!! I couldn't help but remember the good ol' days. *Audience sighs* After french class I headed to my room as I have no Old Testament class because my teacher is away at a conference or something, all I know is there no OT class until Monday!! *Audience breaks into applause some spring to their feet* So I get back to my room and I look around and think, what should I be doing...homework...what do I want to be doing...sleeping. Easy choice! I jump into bed, set my alarm and doze off into the world of dreamland where anything is possible "I can fly" or "I'm a real boy (well girl)" so yes, at 12:30 I roll out of bed, realize I have slept for 2 1/2 hours and I think man I'm hungry...its Wednesday...PIZZA!! Yes the cafe serves Pizza on Wednesdays! So I get up and run to the cafe, of course its just Liz, Sandra, Josh and myself and the worker ppls by the time we get there as the cafe closes at 1:15 and most ppl are through the line anyways before 12:30. Remember I woke up at 12:30, I got over to the cafe around 1. After I devour two slices of pizza and yes a salad, just for you Auntie Faith! I head on over to the gym to show two girls how to use the butt blaster, it works your legs more then your butt but the name is cool. *One woman in audience reaches over and pats her husbands super large belly hinting at a possible trip to the gym, he doesn't seem to be responding though* I was only in the gym for 20 minutes when I decided I needed to come back to the dorm where I met up with Christel and Sarah and we took a trip to Shoppers to get some stuff for the banquet, of course we had a spraying contest with the perfume and other such spraying things to see what smelled the best. By the time we get into the car we absolutely smell!!! Christel's car quickly begins smelling like a bunch of old ladies heading to a function on a Saturday or Sunday afternoon! Of course another smell quickly permeates the air (correct word, who knows, who cares) AXE! Yep Josh got into the Axe haha so with all these aromas swooshing around we head to Timmy's and add the smell of coffee to the air. What a mixture! Wow! Her poor car!! *Woman in back row holds her heart* So I'm standing out front of Timmy's when my phone rings "Hey Charlee, I need to go to the cemetary and I was wondering if you could drive me..." Uh sure?! So I head back to the dorm and drive Azalea to the cemetary where we get to wander around and look at dates on grades for the next hour for her ecology lab! Yep it was some chart thing, she had to see how many people were born in the year 1850 and 1890? Random or what? By the time this is done I realize once again "Its Wednesday" Except this time I say it in a paniced voice, you see, Wednesday is French lab day which I did not go to today, oh well! So when I got back to the dorm I realized that there were a bunch of people in the lobby so I talked and talked, blah blah blah. Michael fumed about his wonderful teacher and Adri told him to just go in there and stick up for himself, it was very amusing. After this I watched the Borne (whatever the second one is) and yes now I am working until 3 am. Anyways I think my story is a little long so I will end it *audience nods and applauds at idea* So I bid you all goodnight. Mom is this long enough? lol she told me to write a little blog so I did. Anyways take care all and I shall write again soon, either tomorrow night or Friday night! Tomorrow night I am heading to a hockey game, just hoping it doesn't snow and make the roads bad! So yes Go Edmonton Go!! Boo Minnesota! I shall tell you the results of the game when I write again. Sorry dad, when you come out we will have to try and go to a game!! The key is to book the tickets asap! Alright, night all

Procrastination...The Key to Happiness...Perhaps

Howdy folks! Its been a while since I wrote but tonight I knew I had to because mom sent me a super long email trying to write more then me so...my blog begins. The title of the blog tonight is on procrastination, why? Well the answer will reveal itself. The last few days have been a lot of fun. Sabbath I actually did wake up in time for church partially because Azalea took part of my crazy shift and I was able to get 15 minutes more sleep then her (I stayed awake talking until 4:45 her shift ended at 5). After my wonderful 6 hour sleep I awoke and got ready for church. The afternoon I cannot remember, oh right, I went for a walk out at J.J. Collett (cool nature trails where the landscape doesn't look too Albertaish, more trees). Afterwards the super fun began!! Around 12 of us had planned to go play Laser Tag and so at 6 we headed out only to discover that the car we were in needed fuel...boo. So we inform the others and they keep going, not good. We realize we now have no way of reaching them and no idea where they are going. So we quickly regroup, Liz, Steve, Josh and myself...what to do for the rest of the evening? Well first off we are hungry so we go to Denny's and grab some dinner (Boca Burgers) and we discovered something. WE ALL HATE TOMATOES!!!!!! Four people at one table, what are the odds and here I thought I was alone all these years. There are others out there waiting to be found. Anyways so we are sitting there and the waitress comes over to ask for drinks only to discover we are all weird...we got our drinks in those awesome rocket cups for kids. There was an older couple sitting across from us and I have never seen someone stare as much as this one lady! It was awesome!!! Four "adults" drinking from kid cups!! After we got our cups we left Denny's and went to play some bowling, one game of 10 pin and 2 games of 5 pin. It was a lot of fun!! And to make things even better Liz and I beat the guys (when you combined our score against theirs) this made it all the cooler. When I got back to the dorm I got "lost" in the deans office until 3 am talking! It was fun. By this time I am exhausted so I go to bed, reflecting on an amazing day. Sunday, I roll over thinking its gotta be somewhere around oh 9 or 10 only to discover its 12 so I jump out of bed, eat breakfast and then discovered I was still tired so I slept for the afternoon, well sorta slept. More talk then sleep but nonetheless it was restful. Monday, today!! I went to bed around 3 am last night and woke up for class around 7:30. After crawling to my first class aka French and trying desperately to hold my eyelids open the class finally ended and OT began. All through this class I thought about how awesome it would be when I could finally go to bed after class and sleep for a while. But the funny thing is, the second you walk out of class you are filled with this strange energy that just keeps you going. I ran to the dorm and cleaned the mez and stairs and then ate lunch in the cafe which actually wasn't all that bad today. Then I thought about my paper I had to write that was due well tomorrow and I thought about it some more then suddenly I was hit by this realization...lets watch a movie. So Liz, Josh and I rented the chatterbox and watched "Never Been Kissed" a hilarious romantic comedy. After this we walk upstairs and Christel asks if we can watch another movie after dinner, so at 6 Christel and I and later on Josh joined us in the chatterbox where we watched "In Love and War" I know, sappy love stories. By the time this movie ended I ran upstairs, grabbed my stuff and headed to the soccer game. CUC lost but hey it was still a good game even if one of the guys got his head smashed into the boards really hard. When the game ended I drove back to the school and locked myself in the bubble where I worked until 3. It is now 3:26 am and yes I am tired but here is where my title explains itself. See, I love hanging out with people and I also enjoy decent grades...so...when you combine the two you get me working on a paper on the mez at 3 in the morning, scratching my head trying to figure out "should I just pull an all nighter or try and get like two hours of sleep?" Before you start saying "what a stupid moron" realize that I would do the same for any of you reading this ...stay awake that is and put off doing homework. So yes, all in all it was a fun last couple of days and I wouldn't change anything, even if it meant going to bed earlier tonight. Anyways my dear peoples I must get started on this paper, should only take about an hour. Until tomorrow night!!

Eight Hours in a Bubble

You probably, automatically pictured me sitting in an actual bubble for 8 hours but no I am not sitting inside a literal bubble. Instead I am sitting inside my bubble. I'll explain in a bit. I did not write last night as many of you may have noticed but that is because I was out late and did not get in until 11 then was so tired I just went to bed. Yesterday I went to class, drove to Leduc, came back to the school, went for a long walk, went to Red Deer until 10ish then came back to the school and I crashed (into bed that is). Today...well no wait. First I have to mention that today was actually a holiday, no school, normally I sleep in on these days. But today...I was up at 8! Yes in the morning. Why? I was working in my bubble, my glass bubble also known as the front desk. At first it wasn't bad but toward noon there were a lot of phone calls. After I worked in my bubble I had to go create bubbles by vacuuming and then scrubbing the stairs down with soap water which is full of bubbles. After this I had a slight break in which I went to town to grab some food. Yes I remembered to eat!! So to Subway I went, saw my old boss and some other people and chatted for a while then just sat in Subway for ohhhhh 2 hours. Yes I got carried away chatting...by this time it was getting on for 4 so I ran (drove) up to Extra Foods and got some soymilk, granola bars and apples (is that healthy) oh and some yogurt (for breakfast tomorrow morning because there is no breakfast in the dorm this weekend due to a small, isty bitsy one day holiday). When I got back to the dorm at 5 I had to work at my bubble yet again. So back to the bubble I sat until 7 at which time I ran up the stairs and threw my clothes all over the room. Sounds crazy I know but I will explain. You see...I room with Adri and between the two of us we keep the room meticulously clean! Its crazy!! Awesome actually. Compared to, I would say, almost everyone else in the dorm our room is always the cleanest...except for tonight. The lady in charge of activities and some recruiting (I think) organized a camping trip (to a cabin in the mountains) for some kids to go to. Michael and Adri happened to run into her and so she invited them to go. After some debate they went and so this weekend I have to room mate. Which isn't a good thing and it isn't a bad thing its just one of those things. Anyways so instead of putting my clothes away like I always do more for my own sanity I decided that this weekend (until Sabbath night) I am gonna be insane and just throw my stuff on the desk, in the chair, on the floor...everywhere. Its so much fun!! Honestly though, I like being clean, I just decided to relax for this weekend though. So yes after my craziness of throwing my clothes everywhere I jumped into some nice clothes and went to vespers. It was pretty good, the guy speaking is from BC and loves sports so his sermon was on both. But he was quite funny so it worked out good. After vespers we all walked back to the dorm where they had food (apples, oranges and cinnamon buns), ok no real food like chocolate and chips ...just kidding. No, it was good. During this time I walked around and visited with people, all in their own separate corners then I went off to my own corner and sat there until I started work at 11!! Yes that is right folks, I am in the bubble again until 1 then Azalea will be taking over until 5. This my friends was my day, although it may seem mundame and kinda boring it wasn't. Working in the bubble isn't all that bad you see, because when I am working different people stop by and say hi. Needless to say the day is almost over now and I cannot wait to climb into my bed and sleeeeeeep!! Have a great night. P.S. I should have pictures soon !!

And the Winner is...

I am sitting here tapping my keyboard asking myself "what should I write about tonight?" The answer...well...how about my day?I just realize I had better stop writing in French as I can fool you guys (make you believe that I know what I am talking about) but if anyone that knows the language looks at this blog well...I'll be laughed right out of blogland. This brings me to my day. See my day started with studying for French and then I took a French test. How did I do? I don't know yet, if I knew I wouldn't have just asked. Let's just say I'm hoping its one of those tests you take where you feel like you didn't do good but you actually did. After French class I had Old Testament where I learned some amazing things that would solve so many problems but alas if I tried to explain what I learned I would have to write a book in order to make anyone understand...two words...Progressive Revelation. No I didn't learn what that was, I'm merely telling you that in order to make you understand what I learned it takes progressive revelation (The idea that you learn things slowly over a period of time, building a sort of foundation first then building on that and so on). After Old Testament I watched the front desk while the lady that was working had to run because her cat was having a hissy fit at the vet and she had to go pick him/her up. So I sat...waiting...12 my replacement came and I ran off to lunch. I had some rice and beans (thought I would mention something healthy for a change) and well...sadly...I countered that when I realized it was pizza Wednesday...so down to the snack shop I went and had only one slice of pizza. I discovered something else today...I'm a water addict. In the last two days I have drank 10 water bottles, yep thats right...10! I lined up all the bottles on my desk and shook my head. If anyone has a number for waters anonymous I would appreciate it. I do this a lot, over consumption of H20. Actually thats probably how I'm surviving. I drink a lot of water, no caffeine at all, just water. Anyways after lunch I had to clean the mez, stairs and guest rooms. This took me a grand total of two hours at which time I headed over to the gym and blew a blood vessel in my right hand, too many weights I think. Don't worry its only a little tiny dot but I'm gonna reduce my weight...I think. After the gym I ran back to the dorm and with the greatest of intentions I stared at my homework, got up and ran to supper where I ate haystacks and headed to a French lab...so much in one day. This led to another attempt at doing homework but alas I failed yet again when I realized that it was more exciting to read the National Geographics and so I sat and read while my homework grew stale and cold. Thats ok, I learned about memory loss haha. I then proceeded to call my dearest mother and father and talked to them oh and mom...How are you doing? Are you ok? ;) There I asked...she was bugging me because I never email "its just blogs, blogs blogs and no email saying Hi mom how are you" so Hi mom I love you, how are you? :) Anyways I am still waiting to see a picture of Sports coat...yep mom bought Sport a coat! *shakes head in disbelief* In Azalea's words "Is that ethical?" Anyways so yes folks, college life is slowly killing me but to make matters better I am heading to bed early for a change so I can get up and face tomorrow with certainty and anticipation. Have an awesome night all and a great day tomorrow!

Smarties and Bras (?)

I suppose one could regard this blog as a type of journal except its public for anyone to read. Kinda cool and freaky when thought of that way. I write a journal but my family and close friends read it, no privacy anymore sheesh. Ok so you may be wondering what on earth my title is referring to today and well its referring to my day. Allow me the privilege of explaining what I mean...
After I finished writing in my blog last night I went to bed around oh 3 I think, well obviously since that is when my shift got over. I awoke this morning feeling like I weighed a thousand pounds, it was 7:30 am, yes folks, 4 hours is all I survive on when it comes to Tuesday's and Thursday's. I jump (well pull myself) out of my nice warm bed and get dressed for the day. Everything appeared right on so I went to class. I get to SDA History and I sit down and suddenly (this is something only a girl will understand unless you guys where bras) I felt it. You know that feeling you get when you realize your bra strap has just come undone! Yep thats right. So I'm sitting there, thinking to myself now what. Now I've had this same thing happen in an airplane before, stupid cheap bras. Thankfully everyone was busy in the plane and I merely, nonchalantly, reached behind me and did it up again however today was different. Why? What else do college students do in the morning before a quiz? Some study others have to be nosy and look around. So I'm sitting there, this feeling of dread has filled my stomach, I merely pull my jacket closer together and inhale deeply, preparing to let out a little air at a time and refill quickly or risk losing the stupid thing out of the bottom of my shirt in class! Now you are saying, why didn't you just get up and go to the bathroom, fix it and return to class. Ah! A very good question is raised and here is the answer. I sat down in class at 7:55, I realized what had happened at 7:58 and we had a quiz starting at 8:00. So I held by breath and waiting. Of course this quiz was extra long!! So I wait... and wait...and FINALLY he finishes. I get up and run to the bathroom and everything is good for the rest of the day in that department. Now, on to Health and Fitness where I take another quiz get bored and make a schedule for the next two days, so much to do and so little time ahhhhh! I forgot one important thing, sleep, but I did remember food. So after class I decided, hey I'm gonna go to town but no my spare key is missing (Michael had borrowed my keys earlier and I couldn't find him). So I sit in my room thinking, now, where did I have that stupid key earlier. Finally I retrace the past few days in my head and yes its in my backpack, duh! So to town I go, had to visit la banque. Then of course I called my mommy who was somewhere in Kingston on dad's cell phone:) Talked to her and found out...oh boy... lets just say...Sport...clothes...mom. Need I say more. Speaking of which I am still expecting a picture. Ok, so after this philosophy starts and yes well its philosophy. By this time my brain is rattling around in my head and so I head to the gym to work off some knowledge. After the gym what did I do...right...studied...studied...and yes studied as I have a French test in the morning. I can 't wait until that class is done and over with. I keep trying to look at it positively but all the optimism in the world cannot make me see how on earth I'm A) gonna pass the class and B) gonna survive it but hey miracles happen. Anyways smarties, yes. Well smarties come into play because I am currently sitting on the mez, just finished cramming my brain full of French and I'm eating Smarties (for you Americans I shall translate...m&m's (well not really but like it)) oh and (your version of a smartie we call rockets). So now that we are straight on things I shall proceed to say...good night folks. Remember me as I walk into the battle zone tomorrow and either emerge defeated or a hero...hmmm. Anyways Azalea needs her computer so until tomorrow night...au revoir mon famille and mes amies. Pour tu, bon voyage et pour mon famille je voudrais un chien haha non, pour Sport, ma chien est tres, tres bien awwww. Ok take care all.

A Time for Everything...

Like sleeping and not studying French. No no no, thats not the reason I chose the title. Actually there is no real profound reason. The last two class periods in Old Testament we have been studying Ecclesiastes and Song of Solomon and that phrase was in my head so I jotted it down. Then once again, now that I think about it that expression does indeed fit most circumstances. In life there really is a time for everything. A time to study French and a time to realize its just not sinking in. Ok ok, so thats a horrible way of looking at it. Everything really does have a time and place. Its funny because as I was studying the book of Eccl. I noticed that Solomon, throughout the entire book was essentially saying "life is not worth living without God" thus the phrase that is repeated throughout the book continually "Vanity of vanities, all is vanity." In Bible times there was no separation between the sacred and secular, everything was thought to be from God, good and evil. I guess what I am trying to say is in our lives today, if we applied the same principle we would see that in situations, whether good or bad, God is there working behind the scenes. I'm not saying bad things are from God, on the contrary I would argue that we bring on a lot of the bad things that happen in our lives by making stupid choices without consulting God. Now I sound like I'm writing a paper, probably because I am in a paper writing mode at the moment. Getting geared up to write a 3-4 pg paper on Adventism then a 10-12 pg paper on I don't remember, ugh. Yes, so I just felt like rambling on for a few seconds. My reasoning for the above is just this...the more I look at life the more I realize that everything in life has a purpose, a reason and its all leading somewhere, thus...There is a time for everything, even though we may not see it at the moment. Another reason for writing all this...my day was not exciting at all! lol Well ok it wasn't horrible. I got rid of a lot of bottles at the bottle depot and made $5 whole dollars!!! I slept for 4 hours this afternoon (you people are going to think all I do is sleep when in reality its quite the opposite, I grab sleep whenever I can). Of course I went to the gym but I wasn't feeling good at all so I didn't finish my whole workout. I realized my problem though, I forgot to eat yet again. I know, how can you forget to eat. Its like this...mom I know you understand since I get it from you...you get so carried away with what you are doing and you keep pushing off little things like eating and suddenly it hits you, "I haven't eaten a thing all day"I know, some people just cannot understand this at all but believe me it happens. So, I ate and now I feel great and I'm a poet and I didn't even know it. Wow!First Philosophizing like Kante and Plato and now I'm a poet like *thinks* Shakespeare (?) or...Ok so poetry is not my strong point. Anyways...I ate supper and now I am working. Oh!!! I forgot the most important part of the day. I went to the ABC and bought a book :) well it wasn't my first choice of a book, its a book I need for a report but I did get 'lost' in the ABC for 20-30 minutes. Bookstores are a weak spot for me, I see books and I go weak at the knees (thats why I missed lunch). Anyways so yes! That was my day and now...I am going to...finish my shift. Have an awesome night. Until tomorrow night remember "to thine own self be true" (ok ok, I've really lost it now).

7 Hours...Is that healthy

Ok...7 hours where? Well...on the mez. Yep thats right 7 hours of homework. My brain feels so full it could bust, kinda like the feeling you get when you eat a lot of junk and your stomach feels like its going to pop. That feeling. The feeling of being way to full and you can't do a thing about it. That my friends, is how my poor brain is feeling at this very moment in time. It is yes 1:29 am (I always end up writing this in thing instead of sleeping) and I am planning on going to bed soon but I couldn't sleep without writing first. I just thought I would share some of my day with you before I fall into a deep slumber. I awoke to the sound of no alarm clock but rather the stupid phone. It was Azalea making sure I was up...see I had told her to wake me up at 10...I look at the clock its 10 old time, 9 new time. I'm up now so why not start the day. I must say I seriously contemplated just forgetting homework and pulling my infamous last moment homework feuds but no! At 12, after I really don't know what I did from 9-12, showered, got dressed, gave Michael the keys to my baby (my truck), walked around the lobby, talked to random people. Ya, so at 12 I decided it was time. I walked into my room, took every single school book I have and headed up to the mez, spread out on my couch (I call it my couch because I always sit in the same spot when I'm up there) and began studying. I will admit at first I had a really hard time focusing. I wanted to just get up and walk around or go online and check my blog, facebook or msn but no! I had to finish a paper and a bunch of other little stuff before I could leave. 7 long hours later I finally got up and walked off the mez having completed everything I had set out to complete. I then went downstairs thinking about how I now had the rest of the night to oh I don't know, maybe watch some I Love Lucy or read something else but no, I looked at the shift schedule for front desk and realized "I work tonight!" I was supposed to work from 9-11 and Azalea was supposed to work 11-1 but we traded as she wanted to go to bed early and me well I'm up all the time anyways. So I ran over to the gym and worked out but wasn't feeling to great towards the end (thats what happens when you forget to eat all day...thanks mom). So I came back to the dorm and looked at my super pale face and realized I was probably really tired to so yes I slept for a while then woke up and ate Cheerios (Yay!). Alas, work beckoned and so I ran down the stairs and worked until 1. Its now 2:12 and yes I am thinking of perhaps going to bed soon. Just thought I would write. Sorry there isn't more but as I said earlier...my brain is so full and it seriously can't even think anymore. So until tomorrow night, take care

True or False

My day, Sabbath, was spent in one of these two ways. You guess which way and I will...congratulate you.
A.) I awoke bright and early to the sound of birds singing and the wind rustling through the trees. The sun was shining brightly giving the world a fresh new look. The squirrels were playing with the rabbits and the cats and birds were living peacefully together. The smell of fresh Alberta air (a major oxymoron! If you have ever lived in Alberta during this time of the year you will note that the air stinks) wavered through my window giving me life for the new day that now dawned before me. I bounded out of bed and hastened to get ready for church. The sound of church bells could be heard in the distance beckoning me to come, so I hurried. I ran across campus to the church and entered into the church. The sound of hymns greeted me at the door and the sermon refreshed and revitalized me for the new week. I walked out of the church with a new perspective on life. The afternoon found me hiking and exploring new places in nature. The deer, chipmunks and squirrels followed me while the birds whistled my song back to me (No I'm not Snow White). The evening found me hanging out with friends and enjoying Amateur Hour with everyone else. Alas it was a wonderful day.
Or...
B.) ZzzzzzzZzzzzzzzzZzzzzzzZzzzzzzZzzzzzzzzZzzzzzzZzzzzzzZzzzzzzzzZzzzzzzZzzzzzzZzzzzZzzz
I had worked late the night before and the events from the past week had finally caught up with me. When I attempted to fall asleep after work I couldn't as my mind began thinking about future events and I was too excited to sleep. Finally at 4:30 I feel asleep and don't remember anything until "Charlee..." I open my eyes and look around the room. Wait, the sun usually isn't there in the morning? "Charlee...its 4:30 in the afternoon, do you want to get up now?" Its what time? I guess I was a little bit more tired then I thought, oops. I roll out of bed and attempt to stand up but I feel weird, my head hurts and wait, ouch my head is pounding. I sit back down thinking about how sleeping this long just can't be healthy for you. I attempt to stand up again and make it over to my water bottles where I grab one and guzzle it. Where did I put those granola bars...ah there they are. I eat a granola bar and stumble down the hall to Azalea's room. "Azalea, do you know what time it is?" I ask in disbelief. "Yep, I figured you needed to sleep." She says and turns to walk out the door, she is heading on a long run (shes addicted to running). I shake my head and walk back to my room wondering what on earth I can do now that I have wasted my entire day. I get dressed and yep sleep some more haha. Azalea returns from her run around 7 and finds me sleeping. She wakes me up and heads down to the lobby. I decide I need some breakfast/lunch and supper so I order a pizza from Panago and head down to the lobby to wait for it to come. Finally it comes and yep I had to watch I Love Lucy while eating it, oh, and don't forget the ginger ale. I look at the clock, its 8:45 so I run back to my room to get ready for work yet again, meanwhile everyone else is heading to Amateur Hour. I finish some homework and notice as the lobby fills up as Amateur Hour is over. My shift finishes at 1am and I head upstairs to the mez and now...its 2 am /1am as the time just rolled backwards YAY one extra hour to sleep.
Ok you guessed it, the second one was how my day actually went. It wasn't all that bad, really. I got a lot of sleep and it was a fun night even though I didn't go to Amateur Hour. Now I am thinking about going to bed but hey...its only 1 now!!! Yay for time changes. Oh and don't worry, birds really don't sing along with me, they just blow up (Go Shrek!) jk Have an awesome rest of the weekend

Bonjour! Comment Ca va?

Ah oui, cava bien et fatigue. Je n'aime pas francais. Parle vous francais? Non? Je n'aime pas parle vous francais. Ok ok, so I'm going insane but its all good. I suppose technically this is the time where I usually write about my day. So, without further ado and because I have already bored you to tears with my lack of French ability, I will begin my day. Well not begin my day as my day is almost over but rather I will begin the story of my day. *theme music starts for "day of my life"*
I bet by now you can't guess what I do first in the morning! Thats right, I wake up because trying to go through your day asleep is just not fun, I've tried it. You usually end up forgetting something important, like keys to your room, homework, clothes or anything else important, so waking up is important. As I am crawling out of my nice warm bed and the "cold" reality of another day hits me as I realize I have a french quiz and I haven't studied for it. So...I blow off the dust and brush away the cobwebs...No not from my brain... from the book. I crack open the pages and am faced with the realization that this book is written in another language. Oh duh! its a french book. Its all good I'm just blonde. I bury my head in the book and try and cram in this other language as fast as I can and of course it kinda sticks since I'm blonde and well theres a lot of empty space upstairs. jk! After I cram french into my head for a bit I run off to French class and regurgitate everything I cram in, once its out its out, the joys of cramming. The rest of French class goes pretty good, she talks in French, and Je ne comprend pas anything so French finishes and I run upstairs in the ad building to Old Testament where I sit and ...what did I do. Oh right, we were talking about Esther and yes how the king chose his queen, great topic. The class finished and I ran to the dorm and changed (don't worry I only changed around 4 times today not nine, I'm trying to cut back I hear its not good for me). Yes so I changed my clothes and cleaned the mez and stairs, kinda felt like Cinderella, down on my hands and knees scrubbing these stupid steps while people are walking on them and having a wonderful time. Nah its not that bad I actually enjoy cleaning them they look so clean after :) After this fun process of cleaning I ran to the snack shop (the cafe was serving gagovers) and I ordered a pandini (a sandwich with tomato sauce, cheese and some fake meat thing). Of course I ran back to my room and ate it there while watching I Love Lucy and then I went to the gym and worked out for a while, run run run, lift lift lift, ouch ouch ouch. After a fun workout I drove, yes I know, why am I driving to the gym when Its so close. I promise I have a good reason. You see after I worked out I went and picked up Adri from her observation session. So ha I have a reason. At 3:30 Christel and I ran (ok we drove) to Extra Foods where our horrible logic came in, "go ahead and get this, your room mate will help you eat it" grabs kinder eggs. I look at Oreos, my mouth waters, Christel says "Go ahead you have a room mate" I get them. We leave the store, honestly we didn't spend that much is was just funny. So we jump in the truck and I start driving off and I ask "so you wanna go to Ti..." "YES" so we go to Timmy's and she gets, so bad she does not need caffeine, an Iced Capp and I get my cute little hot chocolate and we head back to the dorm where we decide lets go to supper. So Christel, Azalea, myself, Adri and Michael go to the cafe and what are they serving?! *smells air* GRILLERS. I got two. After devouring my food I walk back upstairs and sleep for a while, well until my shift started at 9 and yes you guessed it I am still sitting here working the front desk. It is 1 in the morning and I am so excited because tomorrow night the time falls back and I get one extra hour to sleep in. Anyways Say la vive! Have an awesome night and a great weekend.

"Its the Most wonderful time of the year"

No, its not Christmas yet but something is starting that is just as cool! But I will get to that later in my day review. Ok, if you thought yesterday and the day before seemed boring today tops the chart. Do you know why?! I'll get to that. It was different though. See the other day, aka Tuesday, I didn't know how on earth I was going to explain Thursday as I have all the same classes. Well this morning took care of that worry. I just didn't go to my first two classes. You see I woke up feeling not so great, men wouldn't understand but women would thats all I'm gonna say. I did eventually make it to class this afternoon, Philosophy!!! It was here that my brain got pulled apart and had a major workout. We had a quiz, so Michael, Christel and I finish it and we are all proud of ourselves. WRONG!!! The teacher then makes us help those that are struggling, so although we thought we were going to get to leave early we had to teach. The lesson, don't be happy in Philosophy class. Act confused and frustrated and all is well. After Philosophy class I milled around the dorm for a few minutes then decided something amazing! It was Nov 1st, the day after Halloween therefore all Halloween candy is...%50 off!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I run to my truck, jump inside and drive to Wal Mart with Shania Twain pouring out of my speakers "In my car I am the driver" and "Ka ching!" in memory of my money going into candy. I get to Wal Mart, park the truck and run into the store and YES! There are still a few of those red boxes of chocolates left, sweet! In those red boxes are Coffee Crisp, Kit Kat, Aero and Smarties. I grab two boxes and leave the store (pay first). Oh yes but while I was at Wal Mart I looked and saw something wonderful. I noticed that where the Halloween candy had once been they were now putting up Christmas decor which means one thing!!!! Christmas colored MINI EGGS WAHHOOOOOOO. From now until Easter the stores will have mini eggs!!!!! *song starts playing "Its the most wonderful time of the year"* After the music stopped I drove back to the dorm and got ready to go to Boston Pizza for Sarahs birthday. I only ordered a drink as I was not hungry (I had eaten at Taco Time) and so I merely sat and enjoyed watching everyone else eat and chat. It was fun though, there were quite a few people there and well it was fun. Needless to say this blog has failed in the interesting department as I am so tired I can barely thing straight and I have a french quiz tomorrow morning I have to study for. I will write tomorrow though. I actually have one request. Can you all please pray for Aniko!!!! Please!!!! Her mom has cancer and is not doing well. Thanks!!